Food, Bath, and New Clothes

"Hey, are you still alive and breathing?" The voice that spoke awoke Law from his semi-peaceful nap. It was pretty much the only thing he had to do while being stuck in the cell Kaido put him in. Looking up, he found a man that fit one of Kid's crew member's descriptions. He didn't remember his name but knew from how he dressed that he had to be one of them. "Good. You're not dead. Kaido will have our heads if you were."

Getting to a better sitting position, Law eyed him warily. There were thorn tattoos on his shoulders, arms, and neck. He remembered him being there when they fought on Sabaody. "You're part of Eustass-ya's crew, aren't you?" he asked as the man moved closer with a tray of food.

His comment seemed to make the other freeze because he stopped moving toward him. "You remember me?"

"Of course. Most of his crew sticks out like a sore thumb." He moved closer to the bars of the cell. "Where's Eustass-ya? Why are you here?"

"Kid's in prison. I don't know where the others are." He set the tray down before sliding it through the small opening at the bottom. Law had enough time inside to study the place. "You need to eat something."

"You never answered me. Why are you here?" he reiterated his question.

"I don't know. Why are you here?"

"I don't know, either. Kaido ordered Hawkins to bring me here." Heat looked a little upset at hearing that. "He did so, and I was placed in here." Law looked down at the food. It wasn't scraps. It was an extravagant meal. Something he didn't understand about what was going on. "I have a question for you."

"I'll answer it if I can," Heat replied.

"If I'm a prisoner, why am I not being treated like one?" He looked back up to Heat. The man looked confused. Not something he was foreign to.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, look at the food I'm given." Law crouched down and began to look over the meal. "If I'm a prisoner, why give me a nice meal? Wouldn't I be treated with no respect and given scraps instead of a nice meal?" He looked back up to him. "Can you tell me that?"

"Well, Kaido hasn't called you a prisoner since you arrived." That shocked him. "I would think he would've too, considering you're in a cell. But he never called you a prisoner. He only called you by your name and nothing more." Heat just shrugged. "He makes no sense to me. Maybe you should ask him that." He cringed backward at his own words. "Or, maybe not. The last guy that asked what he was to him, he killed the guy right in front of everyone."

"I'll have to agree with you. He told me he didn't have to tell me shit." Law grabbed up the tray before going back to where he had been sitting before. "Is there any poison in this?" he asked.

"No. I made it. There's nothing to kill you in it." That made him feel a little better. Then, he looked to the bed. Kaido wasn't there.

"So, where is he?"

"Kaido?"

"Yeah. He's not here. Where is he?" He began to eat. Gods knew how long he had eaten. Now, he was getting able to eat again. His stomach had started to hurt earlier from lack of food.

"I know really know. Last I saw him, he was walking down the hall. He told me to make you something and bring it to you." Heat sighed. "I can't disobey him nor can I argue with him."

"Or, he'll kill you," Law finished for him.

"Exactly. I'll be killed on the spot if I don't do what he says. My life is worth more to me right now than my own pride. If I can get out of here alive, Kid would be relieved to know that I'm still going and not dead."

"Good outlook," Law said before he stuffed some of the rice in his mouth. He still had his manners, but he was starving. Luffy would probably be proud of him for how fast he was devouring his meal. The kid was a strange person to be around.

Before Heat could say anything else, Kaido walked into the room. He looked angry as always as he stomped over to his bed. Law guessed that he was going to get drunk again. The Yonko seemed to realize that Heat was there. "What are you still doing here?" he questioned.

"I was feeding Trafalgar Law," he answered. Law could see his body shake and his voice wavered just a bit. Not enough to notice, but Law was still able to hear it.

"You gave him food already. Now leave," Kaido demanded with anger. Without arguing with him, Heat rushed out of the room. Law saw what he meant. He didn't want to start anything with the man because he wanted to save his life for whatever he wanted to do with Kid. That was good enough for him.

As he had expected when the man came into the room, Kaido started to drink again. Law wanted to ask how much he drank a day but decided against it. He almost got cut by a bottle before. God knew how the next one would end if he upset him.

After his meal, Law placed the tray down before pushing it out the slot again. He went back to his spot and sat down. It was boring and he hated not being able to know what was going on outside. Law was worried about his crew and Luffy's. He had to admit, they were friends to a certain extent.

The two sat in silence for a while. It was tense and made Law feel extremely uncomfortable. Kaido continued to drink and he could only listen to him drink and drink and drink. It probably took a lot of alcohol to get the man drunk. That wasn't surprising to him.

"Where're you from?" was asked out of the blue.

Law looked over to him. The guy downed another bucket of the liquid. "The North Blue," he answered as he leaned back. Law was tired from eating. He was full and wanted to take a nap again since he had nothing else to do.

Kaido didn't say anything at first. After a few minutes, he asked him something else. "Why did you come to this country?"

That question made him freeze up. There was no way n hell he was going to tell the man the truth about his reason for being there. "Because I thought it would be interesting to visit here," he lied through his teeth. Law hoped that it would be enough to get him to leave him alone.

Kaido looked over to him. "Whatever." The monster man seemed to be calm and that didn't sit well with Law. Slowly, he started to fall asleep again. He didn't know how long he had been asleep before, but he didn't think it was safe while the man was in the room.

Without warning, his body gave out on him. That was the worst thing he thought could happen to him. Before his mind went, he had only one thought at that time. Was I drugged?

...

Groaning, Law tried to sit up but found that he couldn't. His head hurt and he felt groggy. I think Heat-ya drugged me. My head's killing me right now. He lifted his hand to his head and rubbed it before trying to force his eyes to open up.

"He's waking up," he heard a feminine voice whisper close to him. That confused him. Also, there wasn't the feeling of the cold, hard ground below him. But there were the feelings of cuffs on his hands.

"Don't push at me," another said. He didn't think this was a good thing at all.

"Should we do something?"

"I don't know."

"What's going to happen when he gets up?"

"We'll just have to wait and see."

Finally, he was able to open his eyes. The ceiling he was looking at didn't belong to the cell he had been in before. It was colourful and looked sort of like a girl's room. Not something he had been expecting when he opened his eyes.

Turning over, he got to his hands before struggling to sit up. "I'm gonna... kick his... ass," he huffed as he sat up. Gasps sounded in the right corner of the room. He looked toward them. There were about six women huddled together there. It was a strange sight.

"A-Are you o-okay?" the one with a pink kimono asked with a shaky voice. Law understood their nervousness around him.

"I... I guess," he answered her. His movements were sluggish, and his head hurt even more from talking and having to move. "Where... Where am... I?"

The one in the blue kimono spoke up. "Kaido-sama brought you here earlier," she said. "We were told to look after you and bathe you when you woke up."

The other five nodded at her explanation. Sighing, he moved to sit with his legs crossed. The cuffs on his hands were rubbing his wrists raw. "That explains... a few things." It was still hard to get his words out. It was angering him because he wanted his body to work properly. "I was... drugged."

"It seems so," the woman in purple said. They all wore different coloured kimonos. One was purple, another was pink, there was a blue one, a green one, one in yellow, and the last one was in orange. It was strange to him. "You weren't reacting like a normal person would." She looked sad. "Kaido-sama seemed so careful with you. He's never like that to any of us nor anyone else for that matter."

That shocked him. "What do... do you mean?" Law didn't think he was nice when he spoke to him nor when he tried to hit him with a bottle that broke near the cell he had been trapped in.

This time, the one in orange spoke up to him. "He was gentle when he set you down in here, told us not to harm you in any way, and warned us that if anything happened to you, we would be killed."

Not able to say anything to that, Law just stared at them. All six looked afraid that they had said something that had upset him. "Please, we don't mean you any harm. We wouldn't want to hurt you if it meant certain death for us."

"I understand," Law said. His motor skills were returning. It was a lot easier to get words out without forcing them. "So, what am I doing here?"

They all looked between each other. "We have to give you a bath," the one in green answered as they looked away from him. He guessed it was from embarrassment.

"I can bathe myself."

"Not with those cuffs on you," the yellow one replied. "He gave us the key for it, but we can only take them off if you're in the bath."

Great. I knew he would come up with something. No surprise there. He let out a deep, defeated sigh. "I understand. I don't want to be the death of you over something so trivial." They gave off sighs of relief. "I'll..." He didn't want to say it. It was embarrassing and disturbing. "I'll allow you to help me bathe."

They smiled and agreed to stop anything if he said so. The girls seemed to understand that this was something he didn't really want to agree with. Slowly, they helped him to the joining room. It was a large bathroom with a tub in the middle of the floor. It was deep enough that his head would be the only thing sticking out and wide enough to hold a whole Pirate crew.

After a few minutes, they helped him out of his cuffs long enough for him to undress before replacing them. He didn't want to give them a hard time, so he didn't argue with them when they put the cuffs back on.

A minute later, all of them were naked and guided him into the tub. It was already filled with warm, almost hot, water. He found out their names as they bathed him. The one in pink was Rei. She was sweet and kind like the rest of them. Akira wore the purple kimono, Sora wore blue, Yoko wore yellow, Yoshiko wore orange, and Umeko wore the green kimono. That was easy to remember. They looked different so it was clear who was who.

As they finished their bath, Law went back to his clothes to put them back on. The women seemed to be worried about something. "Is something wrong?" he asked as he picked them up. He had a towel around his waist. It was better than to be naked in front of them for too long. They were in towels as well.

"Well," Umeko started as she looked to the side.

"We were told to give you new clothes and wash those for you," Yoshiko finished for her sister as she pointed to the ones in his hands. All six were siblings. They told him that as well.

"I don't feel comfortable with changing my clothes to something else," he stated as he held his arms out to them. "Now, can you uncuff me long enough for me to get dressed? It's getting a little cold in here."

All six women looked between each other before shaking their heads. Akira spoke up this time. "If you don't have different clothes on, we will be punished for not obeying Kaido-sama." Law sighed, knowing he didn't want to hurt them in any way or be the cause of them getting hurt.

"Alright. I'll change into the other clothes," he agreed as he dropped his to the ground. He liked the outfit he had. It was specially made for him. A crew member from his ship created their outfits for Wana because he wanted to and had been there before. Law didn't object and just allowed him to do so. That made him happy and he created them with enthusiasm.

The sisters looked relieved that he agreed before bringing out his new outfit. He immediately wanted to yell at them at what they brought out to him. For the moment, he was speechless because he didn't know how to react at first. "Do you like it?" Sora asked with a smile.

What he was looking at was not a yukata for a male like he had been wearing nor a yukata at all. It was a kimono, like theirs. Except that this one was white with light pink and purple flowers all over it. There was blue trimming around the arms and opening of it. He tried to find his voice to reply.

After a few more moments or so, Law, finally, found his voice again. "That's a woman's kimono," he informed them, trying to hold in the anger and embarrassment that was threatening to boil over. "I won't put that on."

"It's not such a good idea to walk around naked in this place." That voice made him look to the door. Hawkins stood there. He was staring right at him. "Kaido will have a fit if you don't wear what he picked out for you."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Law glanced back at the kimono. "There's no way in hell that he picked that out," he stated. It was true, right? What in the world was going through Kaido's mind? There had to be something seriously wrong with his mind.

"He did." Hawkins walked in a little before stopping a few feet away from him. "He's acting strange. Kaido's killing people more often when he leaves from being with you. We don't know why, and he won't tell anyone. I think it has something to do with you."

"I have no idea, either. He only asks me a few questions before going back to drinking," Law informed him. "Also, who drugged my food earlier?"

The other's face never changed to show his emotion. "I did without Heat realizing I did anything." Law began to see red at the edges of his vision. "Kaido said to do it. Everyone is worried about what he'll do next with what he's already doing."

"I don't give a damn." He was furious even though the sea stone was sucking most of his energy. "I can't fucking believe this." Law wanted to strangle the man and kill Kaido. The Yonko was treating him strangely and everyone was realizing it as well.

"You should really get dressed, though. Kaido will be back soon." Law wanted to shout at him but chose not to. He grumbled as the man walked out of the room. The sisters came up to him to help with putting the kimono on him.

They uncuffed him long enough to get it on his arms before replacing them. They were starting to make him bleed but he chose not to say anything to them. No reason to get anyone worried for him while he was a prisoner there. When the women turned away from him for a moment, he reached into his yukata and grabbed the snail there before putting it in the kimono.

He would call his crew when he got a moment to do so. Hopefully, that time would come very soon. Law wanted to know how they were and what the Straw Hats were up to. He needed to know if the others were told about his capture or if they found out on their own.

I don't know how I feel about this chapter. ...Can you, please, tell me what you all thought of it? I think I could've done better, but it could've been worse, right? I'm just not confident in this chapter. But, trust me, the chapters from here will be way better than this one. Anyway, I hope each and every one of you are having a great day. I love you all so much and it fills me with happiness to see so many people reading my story. Tatty-bye!